Originally a blog was a site that a person could use as a live journal. They are also commonly used in a business manner. Topic research is imperative when promoting a business page and should be done prior to starting the blog.

These are the five businesses that commonly use blogs to promote themselves:

A SPECIALTY BLOG usually has two or more contributors with a common interest. This provides a great way to build an online community with other individuals who share your interests and want to know your ideas. These blogs can cover weight loss, staying healthy, or even golf. The possibilities are infinite.

FEATURE BLOGS advertise creative types of businesses. Including sewing, crafting, computer programming, and digital photography. Like Specialty Blogs, the creative topics that can be covered are infinite. These blogs give the business the opportunity to show various pictures, video clips, and even crafting projects that you have been working on. The more creative these blogs are, the more visitors they will attract.

INDUSTRY BLOGS focus on a more narrow type of industry. They are usually created by businesses that sell their products to others. These blogs usually contain a variety of topics including trade shows, new product lines, and materials…. to name a few. There is a little more difficulty in creating Industry Blogs. A lot of careful research will be needed in order to provide a lot of information on the industry your blog focuses on.

TOURIST BLOGS are simply the easiest and most fun to create, hands down. You can focus on a certain tourist area of interest and include pictures of the area. Adding tourist attractions famous to the area along with the climate and travel information will add to your visitors.

CONSULTING BLOGS are a great way to develop an online community in a topic that interest you. They are generally run by one person offering their opinion and advice on their own topic of expertise.

Regardless of what business you wish to create or already belong to, blogging is a very effective advertising tool.

WordPress marketing is one of the most powerful online business tools available. It can be used for either a website or a blog, it is the users choice. Many web owners in the internet world prefer using blogs. Blogs using WordPress provides great benefits.

Using WordPress gives your site business and search engine advantages more than any other software offers.

There are many reasons why WordPress blogs make great business sites but the top five are listed here.

1. Updated Frequently:

When you are running a WordPress blog you are updating it on a daily basis and search engines just love that. Adding fresh and original content to you place on your site is improves your ranking on any of the search engines as they all thrive on new content. The more you provide daily the more the search engines will grab on to this information and your ranks will rise in the search engines as a result.

2. Keyword Searches:
When you create a WordPress blog keyword searches will occur more naturally. This means that people will be able to find your site more easily when they are searching by a keyword. If your competitors are not using WordPress in their blogs this will pull you ahead of them in the search engines. If they have already been using WordPress for their blog you will just have to use some extra effort to beat them in the ranks. Search engine rankings are just too important these days for businesses not to take advantage of these WordPress blogs.

3. Events:
When you post an event or date the webcrawlers tend to attach themselves to these easier and quicker. So if you wish to schedule an event for your visitors or just wanting to promote a new product short news announcements work great with WordPress.

4. Subscribe:
By using RSS fees people are able to subscribe to your site and get notified immediately when new content has been added. This is a great feature for those that are constantly adding new products or features to their site. This will save them time from sending out bulk emails. All they have to do is post the new content and the email is automatically generated for them.

5. Comments:
With a blog your visitors are allowed to leave comments on your site, if you want them to. This will help increase interest in your site and gets visitors to come in more often. It will also increase your search engine results because this will add original new content to your site. A final advantage to comments on your site is that it is a great way for you to network and learn about new developments in your field that you may have not known otherwise.

As you can see there are advantages of using a WordPress blog for your business. These are just the top five but there are many more. It would be wise to create a WordPress Marketing blog for your business today.

Like most people in the world, I have struggled with personal debt for as long as I can remember.

For years I refused myself vacations on the self imposed rule that “until I’m debt free I can’t spend that kind of money.”

I finally began travelling about five years ago. My first vacation was in my late 30’s and now I’m hooked.

Giving me even more incentive to get myself the heck out of debt!!

These six tactics are my plan of attack to resolve my finances once and for all.

Educate Yourself

This may seem obvious, but lots of people who find themselves in debt don t actively seek out information on the issue. Or they look on the internet for a minute and decide that is sufficient. If you are having debt problems, go you?re the library or bookstore and find books on the subject. Look up budgets, debt, credit scores, and anything that relates to your situation. Arming yourself with a bunch of information is your best bet for getting out of debt and staying debt free.

Organize Your Bills

I need to know exactly how much debt I have gotten myself into before I can make a plan on how to fix it. I need to clearly lay out what my monthly minimum payments and who they are owed to. Figure out what your collective payments are each month along with how much debt you have total.

Make a Budget and Stick to It

The much dreaded “B” word. Budget. Once I have all of this figured out I can make a budget. In order to get out of debt I must make a plausible budget and it must cover all aspects of my life. This way I won’t overspend anywhere and cut myself short on paying bills. I will have to stick to this budget unless I want to get into further financial trouble.

Get Rid of High Interest

If I ever have extra money at the end of the month, I will use that money to pay extra on my debt. I’ll strive to pay off the credit with the highest interest rates first so that I am not wasting any more money on interest. This can save PILES of money in the long run.

Cut Back on Spending

This won’t be fun, but I would have to be a complete idiot to not realize that getting out of debt will require that I cut most of my spending. After all I got myself into this situation and I’m the only one who can get myself out of it.

Diversify Your Income

This is what I’m working on now, with my efforts to build an online business. Every extra bit of earnings that I can put on my debt will speed up my repayment. If working online doesn’t suit, a person could babysit on weekends or even take up a hobby and create something that can be sold. It may not seem like much, but even a couple hundred dollars extra a month will take debt out quickly.

Barbara – About Me

I have been working as a Home Based Accountant for over 10 years now. While I earn a consistent income, I simply can't live the lifestyle I want as I am literally chained to my desk for weekly payrolls, Government Liabilities, and other duties. Even though my work is exclusively performed on a computer I am STILL permanently connected to my desk.

It was always my belief that a person could earn a healthy income online, but over the years I have been let down by programs that promise yet never deliver. Time and again I've bought into a scheme that promises to make me my first $100 before the end of the day . . .Read More…